Greetings from the happiest place on earth, nope its not Disneyland or your mom’s bedroom. But we are at Monterey, Ca. to celebrate the sport of cycling. We made our early morning trek through the heart of California and arrived safely to our destination. Intoxicated on unhealthy levels of caffeine and sugars, we have been…
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RL Policar is an avid mountain biker and the Editor In-Chief of MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. Between the two sites, he's published well over 4,000 articles (and growing).
As my day in the office is coming to an end, and my night for MtnBikeRiders.com gets started, I can’t help but feel excited about this coming weekend at Sea Otter. I’m not sure how to control all the excitement because I’m getting anxiety attacks and I probably won’t be able to take my pre-drive…
There are a handful of tools that a mountain biker should have in their possession. But there’s one tool that not many people have, but its something you all NEED. It’s the Park Tool DAG-2 I bought this tool online for around $50. You may think, that its a bit steep to pay for one…
I ran a contest last month for a really sweet 2011 Team Jersey. The winner is: Dial Tone. Here’s his creative answer. My favorite part was the Mister, Mr T. comment. Chuck Norris never needed training wheels. Chuck Norris does not wear a helmet. His cowboy hat is all he needs. Chuck Norris has SPD…
Check it out kids, here’s a pic of Leon Lightning…yes that’s his real name. Leon has been a loyal reader for the longest time. He and I have actually been emailing each other back and forth about tech tips, deals and etc. Since he’s such a cool cat, I decided to send him a genuine…
Wow, talk about being busy riding. Over the weekend the MtnBikeRiders.com Crew were hard at work riding bikes. Yeah we were testing products and all that jazz. So here’s a recap. Early Saturday morning I met up with one of our readers who only goes by the name of “Dial Tone.” He never did explain…
I had received a bit of information about a new hydration system that mounts under your saddle, its called the VelEau 42, by Shower Pass. I found it rather interesting and thus this post. The Showers Pass VelEau 42 Bicycle Mounted Hydration System (www.veleau.com) relieves the cumbersome burden of lugging a backpack-style hydration system and…
You just crashed…now what? First thing you need to do after crashing is to not do anything. That’s right, lay still. No need to be macho and try to get up right away. There’s a few things you will need to do before you get up. Ready? 1. Lay still. 2. Take an inventory of…
Yes its FRIDAY, but that’s not the reason why we so excited. Cousin Joe did a make-over on his Airborne Taka. Check it out mang: So that means tomorrow we get to spend some time on our super secret test location just so we can get his bike dialed in. Another bit of exciting news…as…
It’s been about 2 years since I’ve been to the Sea Otter Classic. This year we’re doing things a bit differently. We’ve assembled an Otter Assualt Team that consists of Priscilla, Cuzin’ Joe, Dan B, yours truly and hopefully Art Aguilar. We have big plans that weekend, I even made a checklist to so we…